[gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer
Good morning all: For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup that will allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home and connect to it from my windows box in another area of the house. I am not going across the internet, or anything wild like that, just trying to keep an eye on my box (the active desktop in fluxbox) when im elsewhere in the house. So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have read involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling over ssh etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for what im doing, totally un-necessary) When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went. If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOST appreciative. TIM Timothy A. Holmes IT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian Academy A Higher Standard... Jeremiah 33:3 Jeremiah 29:11 Esther 4:14 -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer
On Thursday 12 October 2006 14:47, Timothy A. Holmes wrote: elsewhere in the house. So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have read involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling over ssh etc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for what im doing, totally un-necessary) You don't need to tunnel, just let your client connect to the server port (usually the dafault ports start at tcp port 5900). When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went. If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOST appreciative. Sorry, I can't be of much help here, since I almost exclusively use kde's krfb/krdc combination. Anyway, I remember having problems in the past when connecting to the krfb desktop using a windows client like realvnc or ultravnc: the connection was immediatly shut down, expecially if the remote desktop had a resolution 1024x768. I'd try using one of the available vnc servers in portage (like for example x11vnc or tightvnc) and see how it goes. HTH -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer
Etaoin Shrdlu wrote: I'd try using one of the available vnc servers in portage (like for example x11vnc or tightvnc) and see how it goes. Linux Format (Oct 2006) magazine recommends x11vnc for the server. HTH, Roy -- echo spzxAdjtdp/dpn | perl -pe 's/(.)/chr(ord($1)-1)/ge' -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer
On 10/12/06, Timothy A. Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good morning all:For a couple days now I have been looking for a good simple setup thatwill allow me to run vnc on one of my gentoo workstations at home andconnect to it from my windows box in another area of the house.I am not going across the internet, or anything wild like that, just tryingto keep an eye on my box (the active desktop in fluxbox) when imelsewhere in the house.So far all the VNC HOW-Tos etc that I have read involve what appears to me to be very overly complex tunneling over sshetc (a good thing if I was going over the internet, but for what imdoing, totally un-necessary)When I lived in the Fedora world, I could just install vncserver and start it up and it connected me to my active desktop and away I went.If anyone can suggest a method or solution, I would be MOSTappreciative.TIMTimothy A. HolmesIT Manager / Network Admin / Web Master / Computer Teacher Medina Christian AcademyA Higher Standard...Jeremiah 33:3Jeremiah 29:11Esther 4:14--gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list What you're looking for is a little more complicated. If all you wanted was a remote desktop you could connect to, then that's easily done. Emerge tightvnc then type vncserver :1. It'll prompt you for a password, then you use a vncviewer to connect to that host (format: host:display, so if your server was 192.168.0.200, it would be 192.168.0.200:1). But what it sounds like you want to do is connect to an existing X session, am I right? If so, follow this: http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Use_VNC_to_connect_to_existing_X_SessionsOn a related note, I'm looking for something similar, but I want a user to be presented with an xdm (or gdm) login. Just one remote connection, one resolution. -- - Mark Shields
Re: [gentoo-user] VNC server / windows viewer
On Thu, 2006-10-12 at 14:14 -0400, Mark Shields wrote:
On a related note, I'm looking for something similar, but I want a
user to be presented with an xdm (or gdm) login. Just one remote
connection, one resolution.
Short answer.
1. Emerge xinetd, if not already installed
2. add a vnc file to /etc/xinetd.d - mine looks like:
service vnc
{
type= UNLISTED
port= 5900
socket_type = stream
protocol= tcp
wait= no
user= nobody
server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
server_args = :42 -inetd -once -query localhost -geometry 1400x1050
-depth 24 -fp /usr/share/fonts/misc/,/usr/share/fonts/Type1/ -co
/usr/share/X11/rgb
disable = no
}
3. Enable xdmcp in your gdm/xdm configuration file
4. start/restart xdm/gdm and xinetd
Note: There are security implications with having both xdmcp and xinetd
turned on. Please make sure that you understand those risks.
Regards,
Paul
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